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The Rail Division represents members at Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Conrail, and some of the Northeast’s largest regional rail systems. We are proud to be the voice of car inspectors, car repairmen, welders, crane operators, carpenters, on-board service workers, cleaners, trackmen, and flagmen at the bargaining table, fighting for fairer wages, increased safety, and better benefits for the hardworking people who keep our trains and freight rail moving.
Being a Unionized railroader has distinct advantages. Click here to watch a video providing some basic information about how railroad Unions function and what they do for YOU. It also highlights the importance of having a contract and the role the Union has in enforcing it.
Healthcare Premiums Decreasing for TWU Freight Rail Workers in 2025
Memo to Metro North Members 2/1/23
Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program general info
Rail Workers Hazardous Training Program IBT Consortium Description of Curricula Part 1
Rail Workers Hazardous Training Program IBT Consortium Description of Curricula Part 2
Rail Workers Hazardous Training Program IBT Consortium Description of Curricula Part 3
Press Release: Brightline West Inks Commitment with High-Speed Rail Labor Coalition
The 8 Hr HazMat Transportation Safety and Security Course offers an incentive of $175.00 for the two-day class. Please feel free to post this information on your website and share with your membership. Anyone interested in taking a class must register at www.teamstersafety.org/moodle.
For individual contract information, please visit the local website or contact your local.
Railroad Director John Feltz and International Representative Brian DeLucia
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Rail Updates
TWU Calls for Federal Investigation of Smoke-Filled Brightline Train
The Transport Workers Union of America is demanding a federal investigation into an incident on Friday night during which two Brightline train cars filled with smoke and three crew members went to the hospital for nausea and headaches. The Miami to Orlando train should have been taken out of service after smoke started emanating…
Read More2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!
Applications for the 2026 Michael J. Quill Scholarship are now being accepted. Winners will receive fifteen (15) college-bound dependents of TWU members a scholarship worth $4800.00. This scholarship will be paid out each year in the amount of $1200.00 to winners who continue to be eligible over their four (4) year college course. The scholarship application…
Read MoreRead the Winter 2025 Express!
The latest Express is here.
Read how the TWU is pushing to get the overtime tax deduction extended to all members, along with updates from all divisions, including how the TWU regained firefighter jobs at Cape Canaveral and a new freight rail contract in Pennsylvania. Also, the deployment of a self-driving bus at a Texas bus depot highlights the job threat posed by increasing automation.
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